Leather is an item that was added along with the introduction of cows. It can be acquired by killing cows and horses, which may drop 0-2 pieces of leather upon death, or rarely from fishing.
Leather is used to craft the lowest tier of armor, leather armor. 24 pieces are required to craft the full set. Leather armor is the weakest armor, and not too difficult to obtain, but sometimes much harder than finding iron.
Leather is also required for the crafting of books, which in turn are needed to create bookshelves and the Enchantment Table. Leather is also needed to craft Item Frame which is used to display your items or blocks.
Obtaining
From cows
Cows drop up to 2 pieces of leather upon death.
From horses
Horses drop up to 2 pieces of leather upon death.
From fishing
Leather is a rare drop that can be obtained from fishing.
As a crafting ingredient
The player equipped with a full set of leather armor.
A player equipped with a full set of dye colored leather armor (as of 1.4.2).
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Book | Paper + Leather |
|
| Item Frame | Stick + Leather |
|
| Leather Boots | Leather | |
| Leather Cap | Leather | |
| Leather Horse Armor | Leather | |
| Leather Pants | Leather | |
| Leather Tunic | Leather |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Prerequisites | Actual requirements (if different) | Version restriction | Gamerscore | Trophy type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cow Tipper | Harvest some leather | Time to Strike! | Pick up leather from the ground. | None | 15G | Bronze |
History
| a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.8 | Added cows and leather. | ||||
| Changed recipe for leather armor from cloth to leather. (Leather armor was previously crafted with wool, and was called "cloth armor" in the game code.) | |||||
| 1.0.17 (Seecret Friday 8) | Chickens would drop leather if killed by fire or fall damage. This has since been fixed. | ||||
| 1.2.0_01 | Armor no longer blocks damage (bug). | ||||
| 1.2.1_01 | Armor bug fixed. | ||||
| r | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w17a | Leather is now required to craft books. | |||
| 1.4.2 | |||||
| Leather armour can now be dyed | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Horses now drop leather. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Leather can be obtained as one of the "junk" items in fishing, making it possible to obtain it without killing cows or horses. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | Added leather. | ||||
